Sweet Potato Patties

My love of sweet potatoes is nearly boundless. Any time I can try sweet potatoes in a new way I am usually excited. This was a new take on veggie burgers, though as you can see I ended up making them more like falafe. I based it off of this recipe. Some days I am inventive and actually make things up, but my skill level isn't high enough for novel ideas myself.

Cast of characters:
-2 to 3 sweet potatoes
-1 onion, chopped
-2 cloves garlic, diced
-1 cup beans (I used garbanzos)
-2 Tablespoons tahini
-2 Tablespoons maple syrup 
-Curry powder and cayenne, to taste
-1/4 cup flour
-Panko breadcrumbs 

1. Peel and chunk sweet potatoes, and roast in a 400 degree oven until soft.
2. Combine sweet potatoes, beans, onion, and spices.
3. Add tahini, maple syrup, and flour until the mixture is relatively thick. It will be pretty sloppy for burgers, but it worked out ok. If it's really too mushy, add some more flour and some breadcrumbs to the batter.
4. Flatten into patties (we did small like falafel and larger like burgers), and roll in breadcrumbs.

The other blog pan-fried them, but I opted to bake - 400 degrees and they took about 15 minutes. We waited for some hint of brown on the breadcrumbs.

We ate these with avocado on our favorite homemade pita recipe.

Hope you are having a lovely fall week where you are!